Comments on: Cormac McCarthy and I Have Drifted Apart, Part Two http://www.absolutegentleman.com/2007/06/06/cormac-mccarthy-and-i-have-drifted-apart-part-two/ frank tempone's literary project Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:31:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: angelle http://www.absolutegentleman.com/2007/06/06/cormac-mccarthy-and-i-have-drifted-apart-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-354 angelle Fri, 08 Jun 2007 19:41:49 +0000 http://www.absolutegentleman.com/?p=44#comment-354 oh.. I misread your comment here. haha your blog didn't inspire me to choose it! It was already, i meant, but since I recently read it, I suppose that's what I meant by "now". oh.. I misread your comment here. haha your blog didn’t inspire me to choose it! It was already, i meant, but since I recently read it, I suppose that’s what I meant by “now”.

]]> By: Frank http://www.absolutegentleman.com/2007/06/06/cormac-mccarthy-and-i-have-drifted-apart-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-351 Frank Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:56:27 +0000 http://www.absolutegentleman.com/?p=44#comment-351 Hi Angelle...Visited your blog and liked it very much. I also appreciate the read and comment. I guess I'm coming at it from the perspective of a father, and there are so many things to say, especially if I know the end is coming...If anything, the way the father went out WAS too sentimental...anyway...If my blog inspired you to choose tis as a "favorite," then it must have been a powerful experience for you... Hi Angelle…Visited your blog and liked it very much. I also appreciate the read and comment. I guess I’m coming at it from the perspective of a father, and there are so many things to say, especially if I know the end is coming…If anything, the way the father went out WAS too sentimental…anyway…If my blog inspired you to choose tis as a “favorite,” then it must have been a powerful experience for you…

]]> By: angelle http://www.absolutegentleman.com/2007/06/06/cormac-mccarthy-and-i-have-drifted-apart-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-348 angelle Thu, 07 Jun 2007 04:50:22 +0000 http://www.absolutegentleman.com/?p=44#comment-348 I just responded to Grant's blog, but I wanted to say I heartily disagree. I think the lack of intimacy and repetition of the dialogue was what made it more powerful. Nothing said except what needed to be said. Simple. Driving the point home. That every day it was reduced to what it was - fear, for the most part. In contrast to the vivid descriptions of their surroundings and landscape, the dialogue is so diminished, and I feel like that only accentuates their situation more. They're two tiny people in this land that threatens to overtake them. But everyday they have to keep doing the same thing. Keep walking, keep hoping, keep trying. Even if scared. Even if tired. Even if hungry. Sentimentality would have killed that. I thought it was told just right. And btw, The Road is now my favorite book. I just responded to Grant’s blog, but I wanted to say I heartily disagree. I think the lack of intimacy and repetition of the dialogue was what made it more powerful. Nothing said except what needed to be said. Simple. Driving the point home. That every day it was reduced to what it was - fear, for the most part. In contrast to the vivid descriptions of their surroundings and landscape, the dialogue is so diminished, and I feel like that only accentuates their situation more. They’re two tiny people in this land that threatens to overtake them. But everyday they have to keep doing the same thing. Keep walking, keep hoping, keep trying. Even if scared. Even if tired. Even if hungry. Sentimentality would have killed that. I thought it was told just right.

And btw, The Road is now my favorite book.

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